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"As a city, we would not be distinct from any other modest sized city in the UK. As a town, we have an identity."

Reading (Image: Trinity Mirror Southern)

However, the outspoken townies were outvoted in a recent getreading poll, as 58 per cent of the 305 voters said Reading was more of a city than a town.

A few of those readers then took to social media and the comments section to back another bid for Reading to be granted city status.

Roy Perestrelo said: "Of course Reading should become a city, but there is a long way to go still on a number of aspects such as [creating more] open green areas, sports and swimming places, more culture and more art galleries. We can begin with an LGBT quarter."